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Unto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the
American people -- from the first contacts between Europeans and
North America's native inhabitants, through the creation of a
modern nation, to the standing of the United States as a world
power. Written by a team of distinguished historians led by David
Edwin Harrell, Jr. and Edwin S. Gaustad, this textbook shows how
grasping the uniqueness of the bAmerican experimentb depends on
understanding the role of religion as well as social, cultural,
political, and economic factors in shaping U.S. history.A common
shortcoming of most United States history textbooks is that while,
in recent decades, they have expanded their coverage of social and
cultural history, they still tend to shortchange the role of
religious ideas, practices, and movements in the American past.
Unto a Good Land addresses this shortcoming in a balanced way. The
authors recognize that religion is only one of many factors that
have influenced our past -- one, however, that has often been
neglected in textbook accounts. This volume gives religion its
appropriate place in the story.Unprecedented coverage of the forces
that have shaped the history of the United States
"Unto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the American people -- from the first contacts between Europeans and North America's native inhabitants, through the creation of a modern nation, to the standing of the United States as a world power. Written by a team of distinguished historians led by David Edwin Harrell, Jr. and Edwin S. Gaustad, this textbook shows how grasping the uniqueness of the bAmerican experimentb depends on understanding the role of religion as well as social, cultural, political, and economic factors in shaping U.S. history. A common shortcoming of most United States history textbooks is that while, in recent decades, they have expanded their coverage of social and cultural history, they still tend to shortchange the role of religious ideas, practices, and movements in the American past. "Unto a Good Land addresses this shortcoming in a balanced way. The authors recognize that religion is only one of many factors that have influenced our past -- one, however, that has often been neglected in textbook accounts. This volume gives religion its appropriate place in the story. "Unprecedented coverage of the forces that have shaped the
history of the United States "Comprehensive and current "A clear and compelling narrative "Multiple formats specially designed for flexible classroom
use "Informative special features to complement the text "Includes assistance for teaching and test preparation "Suitable for instruction at both secular and religious colleges
and universities
Abridged and edited for the modern reader and available in paperback for the first time ever, this second edition brings back into print a classic autobiography of Middle America--an immensely readable document that enriches our understanding of Progressivism and politics, journalism, and the social history of small-town America from Reconstruction into the Roaring Twenties. At the time of his death in 1944, William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, was a national celebrity, proclaimed one of the truly great Americans of his age. Life magazine called him "a living symbol of small-town simplicity and kindliness and common sense." During his career White had managed to expand his circle of influence far beyond Emporia Kansas to include most of the nation. By the end of his life he had become a nationally acclaimed journalist and author of biographies, novels, and short stories. He was also widely known for his shrewd commentary on contemporary events in the national media. An influential Republican political leader, he founded the Progressive party and was a longtime advocate of social reform and individual rights. But what endeared him most to his contemporaries was that, in spite of national fame, he remained first and foremost a small-town newspaperman. First published posthumously in 1946, White's Autobiography was immediately hailed as a classic portrait, not simply of White himself, but of the men and women who transformed America from an agrarian society to a powerful industrial nation in the years before World War I. A bestselling Book-of-the-Month Club selection, the Autobiography was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1947. This new edition, edited to eliminate repetitions and digressions, features an introduction by Sally Foreman Griffith, author of a recent biography of White. Griffith explores the background of the Autobiography and illuminates its place in the development of the autobiographical genre.
In 1895, a 27-year-old journalist named William Allen White
returned to his home town of Emporia, Kansas, to edit a little
down-at-the-heels newspaper he had just purchased for $3,000. "The
new editor," he wrote in his first editorial, "hopes to live here
until he is the old editor, until some of the visions which rise
before him as he dreams shall have come true." White did become
"the old editor," remaining with the Emporia Gazette until his
death 50 years later. During his long tenure he gained nation-wide
fame as an author, political leader, and social commentator. But
more than anything else, he became the national embodiment of the
small-town newspaperman and all the treasured virtues that small
towns represented in the minds of Americans.
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